Closure for boxes and the like.



V. OREGGIA.

CLOSURE FOR BOXES AND THE LIKE. APPLIOATION I'ILBD APR.11, 1910.

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VITTORIO OBEGGIA, OF SAN REMO, ITALY.

CLOSURE FOR BOXES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1914.

Application filed April 11, 1910. Serial No. 554,760.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VITTORIO OREGGIA, a subject of the King of Italy, residing at San Remo, in the Kingdom of Italy, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Closures for Boxes and the like, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has for its object a safety closure for boxes, particularly postal and railway packages in which the closing of the lid is insured by bands of metal or other suitable material.

The accompanying drawing shows the preferred embodiment of the invention, the figure therein representing a side elevation of a box with the lid sections in open position.

In the construction shown in the present instance, bands 1 of metal or other suitable material are secured to the body of the box adjacent to the two ends thereof, these bands passing beneath the box and having their ends turned up at the sides of the box. A pair of substantially U-shaped bands 3 are provided at the ends of the box and the lower ends of these bands are connected to the respective strips 1 by pivot pins 21 whereby these U-shaped bands may be swung into positions above the box and into inoperative positions beyond the ends of the box, as shown.

19 and 20 are the two parts of the lid. Each of these halves is fixed to an end strip 3 pivoting at 21 and which when the box is closed comes with their free sides on the middle of the box or laterally of this middle; there might, however, be a fixed part of the lid and another part movable or its central part might be fixed and two lateral parts movable. One or more strips 4 of metal or other appropriate material are fixed to each of the parts 19 and 20 of the 11d; these strips are raised at their free end to form lugs 22 perforated for the passage of the cord of a seal. At the junction of the two parts of the lid another strip of metal or other material 23 is provided and when the box is closed, covers the joint. The ends of the strips 23 are slotted and these slots are superposed when the box is closed; the lugs 22 can pass through this strip and serve for sealing.

The strips 4: which serve as bindings in the direction of the length of the box have unattached portions 26 at the ends of the box whereby in opening the lid they bend back upon themselves as shown.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is A box or other receptacle comprising a body, a lid composed of a plurality of sections, substantially U-shaped bands having transverse pivot pins which connect them to the body of the box, and binding strips extending lengthwise of the box and fixed to the body thereof and to the lid, said binding strips being adapted to bend when the lid is opened.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VITT'ORIO OREGGIA.

Witnesses:

LYDIA C. COSTABEL, CHAs. I-I. LnIscHnR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

